NYC Community of Communities

The NYC Community of Communities has launched a web site (i.e., blog). Check it out at this link. Also here’s a blurb from the “About” page:

“The NYC Community of communities is a collective of Christian intentional communities located throughout the five boroughs and Long Island. We include Emmaus House, Catholic Worker, the Bruderhof’s Harlem House, Radical Living, Banner House, Menno House, Harlem Girls, Whole House, and more. Our purpose as a collective is to strengthen our inter-community relationships, as well as increase our presence (i.e., social witness) in New York City in an effort to organize around social justice issues and to move collectively to serve and partner with those who live on the margins of our society.”

Freedom Rides

(Freedom Rides begin May 4, 1961.)

Last Monday Congressman John Lewis, who participated in the Freedom Rides to desegregate the South, was arrested outside the Sudanese Embassy for protesting the genocide in Darfur. While in D.C. last Sunday, the day before his arrest, a couple of us from Radical Living were blessed to hear Mr. Lewis speak at Shiloh Baptist Church for the kick-off to Sojo’s Mobilization to End Poverty. It was amazing to be in the presence of a man who continues to witness against injustice through word and action.

Conversation with Mark Van Steenwyk

On Friday, May 1st at 7 p.m. join Radical Living for an evening of conversation with Missio Dei’s founder and fellow communitarian Mark Van Steenwyk. Mark is a Mennonite pastor, editor of the web zine Jesus Manifesto, and founder of Missio Dei (an Anabaptist intentional community anchored on the West Bank of Minneapolis that pursues Jesus’ way of simplicity, prayer, hospitality, and peace). Missio Dei is affiliated with the Mennonite Church USA and the Baptist General Conference. The evening will be an informal time of sharing stories and experiences about new monasticism, intentional communities and radical discipleship.

The gathering will be held at Radical Living’s Marcy House, located at 622 Marcy Avenue in Brooklyn, New York. Take the G train to Myrtle-Willoughby, exit the station, cross the street and walk down Marcy Avenue for three blocks. The house is located on the corner of Hart and Marcy. Enter the gate and walk up the stairs.

Agape Times

Here’s a link to our fourth and most recent edition of Agape Times, the quarterly e-zine of Radical Living. In it you will find articles about Christian living, faith and politics, intentional communities, and more.

Our rhythm

Check out our recently updated ONLINE CALENDAR to find out when we are hosting gatherings. If it’s posted on the calendar, you’re invited!

RHYTHM

Weekly gatherings:

• Common meal is at Hart House every Wednesday at 7 p.m.
  o    Bible Study/Reflection is at Hart House every Wednesday, following dinner, from 8-9 p.m.
• Common meal (followed by worship) every Friday at 7 p.m. at Marcy House.
• Prayer breakfast every Friday morning at Pulaski from 7-8 a.m.

Monthly gatherings:

• Eat the Book! is the first Monday of every month at 7 p.m. at Pulaski House.
• Potluck is the second Sunday of the month at 2 p.m. Location TBA.
• New York Faith & Justice’s Brooklyn borough meeting is the first Saturday of the month from 1-3 p.m. in the Hart House penthouse.
• Vigil on Varick Street is the second Friday of the month at 7 p.m. Join us as we stand in solidarity for the prisoners, immigrants and detainees imprisoned at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center at  201 Varick Street, Manhattan.

Holy Cooperation!

Radical Living is hosting Andrew McLeod, author of Holy Cooperation: Building Graceful Economies, Wipf & Stock Publishers, on the New York stop of his national book tour. McLeod’s debut book explores the intersection between Christian teachings and cooperative economics. His thesis: The first followers of Jesus created a social structure based on democratic control of their collective resources, which were shared freely and voluntarily.

This style of organizing can also be found in the modern cooperative movement, which is made up of thousands of democratically controlled businesses serving millions of members worldwide. This movement touches the lives of nearly half of Americans, and has grown into a comprehensive economic system in other parts of the world.

This presentation will include concrete examples of how we can get beyond addressing symptoms of injustice and build a new economy with justice and liberty at its core.

Andrew works all over the West Coast through a couple of nonprofit agencies, the California Center for Cooperative Development and Northwest Cooperative Development Center.

What: Andrew McLeod discussing his new book, Holy Cooperation!
When: Wednesday, January 14 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Where: Pulaski House, 38 Pulaski Street, Brooklyn

Election night in Harlem

Check out this provocative post on God’s Politics written by two dear friends of Radical Living.

Call + Response

CALL + RESPONSE, the groundbreaking rockumentary addressing human trafficking, will be in NYC from December 4th – 14th. Help host a screening by bringing all your friends to a show and email Alissa Moore at respondnyc@gmail.com to get involved. Tickets are $15 a piece or $12.50 for students or groups of 10 or more. Buy tickets at the Tribeca Cinema website or the Call + Response website: http://www.tribecacinemas.com/. Tickets are limited so please purchase in advance!

Come watch CALL+ RESPONSE, a rock-u-mentary for and about 27 million PEOPLE: sex slaves, child soldiers, indentured laborers. From the child brothels of Cambodia to the slave brick kilns of rural India, slave traders make more money today than Google, Nike and Starbucks combined.

Governments and non-profits cannot answer the call for human rights alone. They need the support of communities to transform ideas into solutions. CALL+ RESPONSE, a grass-roots initiative, is all community support: it was funded entirely by donations and all proceeds go to global projects that combat human trafficking and raise awareness of human rights violations.

CALL + RESPONSE features political and cultural luminaries such as Cornel West, Madeleine Albright, Daryl Hannah, Julia Ormond, Ashley Judd, Nicholas Kristof and supporting artists that include Moby, Natasha Bedingfield, Cold War Kids, Matisyahu, Imogen Heap, Talib Kweli, Five For Fighting, Switchfoot, Nickel Creek, and Tom Petty.

Rally a cry for the modern abolitionist movement. Support burgeoning activists. Watch this movie.

CALL+ RESPONSE is a non-profit film. Currently, tickets are only sold in advance, so please buy now at www.callandresponse.com or www.tribecacinemas.com. All proceeds fund global projects fighting human trafficking.

Conversations on Immigration

Radical Living is hosting a six-week series called Conversations on Immigration. Every Thursday evening from October 30th to November 27th our community will discuss the topic of immigration from a Biblical framework. We will be using Dr. Danny Carroll’s study guide, Strangers in the Land (we have copies), and people are encouraged to read his book Christians at the Border.

This series of conversations was suggested by several radicals after we held the Theology of Immigration forum on October 12th (i.e. Columbus Day a.k.a. Day of Indigenous Resistance). The conversations will be held every Thursday at Marcy House (622 Marcy Ave., Brooklyn) after dinner. Dinner starts at 7 p.m. and the conversation will begin at 8 p.m. The last conversation will occur on Thanksgiving Day. We ask that you RSVP if you plan to join us for the final dinner on Thanksgiving Day. All are invited.

Agape Times – Fall 08

Check out the newest issue of Agape Times, the quarterly zine of Radical Living. You can read the super amazing online edition at issuu. Check it out!